Amici (initially called Saranno Famosi) is an Italian talent show. Created by Maria De Filippi, the show began in 2001 and has since aired annually. The show is produced by Fascino P.G.T. s.r.l. (owned by Maria De Filippi) and is broadcast on Canale 5. Since the thirteenth edition, daytime and casting have been broadcast on the television network Real Time and on the online streaming platform Witty TV by Fascino. Amici is an academy school involving a class of about 20 youth students (16–30 age), who aspire to become professional singers, songwriters and dancers (classical, modern, contemporary, latin and hip-hop). Additional original categories of "actors", "musicians" and "TV presenters" have since been dropped after 2009. Series overview Singer Dancer Actor/Actress Music Band "Big" (special contest) Cast Singing teachers Giuseppe Vessicchio (seasons 1–9) Luca Pitteri (seasons 1–6) Maurizio Pica (season 1) Nora Orlandi (season 2) Grazia Di Michele (seasons 3–14) Fabrizio Palma (seasons 3–8) Luca Jurman (seasons 7–8, 10) Gabriella Scalise (season 8) Loretta Martinez (season 9) Charlie Rapino (season 9) Sergio La Stella (season 9) Maria Grazia Fontana (season 10) Dado Parisini (season 10) Rudy Zerbi (seasons 10–present) Mara Maionchi (seasons 11–12) Carlo Di Francesco (seasons 13–17) Klaus Bonoldi (season 13) Francesco Sarcina (season 14) Marco Maccarini (season 15) Fabrizio Moro (seasons 15–16) Alex Braga (seasons 15–16) Boosta (season 16) Giusy Ferreri (season 17) Paola Turci (season 17) Alex Britti (season 18) Stash (seasons 18–19) Anna Pettinelli (seasons 19–21) Arisa (season 20, 22–present) Lorella Cuccarini (seasons 21–present) Dance teachers Garrison Rochelle (seasons 1–17) modern Maura Paparo (seasons 1–8) modern Steve La Chance (seasons 2–9) modern jazz Rossella Brescia (season 2) ballet Alessandra Celentano (seasons 3–present) ballet Mauro Astolfi (season 8) contemporary Giuseppe Carbone (season 9) modern Kris (season 9) hip-hop Marco Garofalo (seasons 9–10) modern Michela Villanova (seasons 9–10) ballet Carl Portal (season 10) jazz Luciano Cannito (seasons 10–12) neoclassical Kledi Kadiu (seasons 13–16) contemporary Veronica Peparini (seasons 13–21) contemporary Natalia Titova (seasons 15–16) latin Emanuel Lo (season 16, 22–present) hip-hop Bill Goodson (season 17) contemporary Timor Steffens (seasons 18–19) hip-hop Lorella Cuccarini (season 20) musical Raimondo Todaro (seasons 21–present) latin Elena D'Amario (season 22, only for "Banco del pubblico") modern jazz Francesco Porcelluzzi (season 22, only for "Banco del pubblico") modern jazz Acting teachers Fioretta Mari (seasons 1–8) Claudio Insegno (season 1) Patrick Rossi (seasons 2–9) Rino Cassano (seasons 3–4) Paolo Asso (seasons 6–7) Non-judging teachers Jill Cooper (seasons